, 1887-05-04

The Chairman read the Governments let
ter requesting the sanction of the Colonial
Council TO the renewal of the contract with
the Poor Physicians for 4 years from the LIST
of March 1857. Copies of the Governments
instructions TO tho two public physicians had
been distributed to members.
His Excellency the GOUernOr introduced
the subject and stated that shortly after his
arrival here last year TO take up his residence
on the island, q petition signed by 60 Of the
inhabitants was presented to him, IN which
it was stated that two physicians IN Chris
tiansted, which was the number residing
here, were not sufficient; that there had al
ways been 3 or more, snd shat IN a case OF
emergency, such as an outbreak OF cholera,
small pox or another virulent disease 2 would
be inadequate and also, that if one of the ply
sioians should fall sick, the other would not
alone be able to accomplish the work.
To the gentlemen presenting that petition
he had replied, that the Colonial Treasury
could not afford to pay more than is now
paid for public physicians, and therefore II g
third physician were required it would be
necessary for the inhabitants to subscribe
privately what would be necessary to assure
subsistence to such q physician for the first
one or two years. If this were done he would
sec whether Q young mar could be induced
to come out, although he thought that there
was not much Of q field. Since then he had
not heard anything from the gentlemen pre-
senting the petition. 1t had caused hun,
however, to look into matters, and ne found
that no instructions had been drawn up Tor
the public physicians, as was done IN
He had therefore had q set of Instructions
drawn up and he thought that if these were
properly carried out, the poor would be suth'
GENTLY cared for.
In any ease, he would repeat, the Colonial
Treasury could not spend any more money
on public physicians. He would therefore re-
quest the Council to sanction the renewal
of the contracts for O term of 4 years.
The Council then tGcitly gave It's consent
TO the renewal of the contracts with the poor
physicians for q term of 4 years to commence
on the LIST of March 1887.
The Chairman notified the receipt of the
report OF the committee appointed to investl-
gate the cash in the Colonial Treasury, which
report showed everything to be in perfect
order.
The Okairnt@R likewise notified to the
council that q general election would be
held this year for ! of the members OF the
Council, on the 18th April q. c. The Members
that were to Withdraw were Members Paludan-
Miller, Richter, Lemning, Wassard, Hage-
mann, NeleuFoPp' AHlAIeI' L. AA0"AVV' @n0
Mcdonald.
2 Interpolation of 7th February 1887 from
End Member for Frederiksted's Town,
w. H. Brown, concerning examination
of the seaworthiness Of vessels in the
inter-insular trade.
End Member for Frederikted's Town District
(Brown) said, that the Immediate cause of
his addressing this Interpolation to the Gov
eminent was, the loss of the schooner Petrol,
which as was we'll known, left Frederiksted
for Christiansted some time since and was
never heard of again. 1t was well known
that the vessel Was6p a bad condition. This
was one case, among several which had &C.
Cured during the last 90 years. There was
she Santa Cruz, the Rosallnd and of late the
Petrol, besides others. He had thought that
he was the first to call attention to this mat.
ter; but within the last fewhours he had found
that the same question had been asked by In
honorable member [Faber] 90 years ago.
The answer Of Governor Birch on that occa-
sion ives that ~thesupervision of these schoon-
srs ,waa the duty of the Police. He was
however not of that opinion. BE thought
that the Government. should take up the
matter. and .proSide BY iegisiation for an in
specton Of Che schooners, just as it had pro-